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Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-04-14


CHARLES W. FOSTER. publications, I he
Press, News and Call of that city; and
during this long term as general
worker had no opportunity or desire to give
his humorous faculties full play. In The
News and The Call he conducted funny col
umns" which were widely quoted, but man.
agerial responsibilities prevented him from
doing himself Justice On The Omaha World
he is not thus handicapped, and hence the
marked difference in results. He is devoted
student of human nature. Mankind is his
hobby. Given character and an occa-
sion it is easy for him to guess what
it would be natural for that character
to do. Mr.. Fosters humor is thus full
of revelations, his little surprises seeming in
exhaustible. Born and reared in the anthra-
cite coal and canal regions of Pennsylvania,
spending many of his early years In mining
towns, he had the double advantage of asso-
citation with people of the highest refinement
and personal acquaintance with characters
such as could only be found there For
months he was one of the denizens OF min
ing district, one-half Of whose inhabitants
were arrayed against the other, the law abld-
ing portion being drilled and uniformed IN
regular military organizations and many
places being practically under martial law
Following his natural bent, he did his best to
probe the cause of dissatfection to the
bottom, often taking long tramps through
the gang infested forests at night In
hopes of adding to his stock OF information,
the points publicly presented being apparently
OF little moment. Men were being shadowed,
beaten and shot seemingly without motive
and reign of terror had begun, which con-
tinued with little interruption for years.
From such scenes he was suddenly transferred
to an academy in a large city. After few
years he returned to his mountain home at
Mauch Chunk, Pa, revisited the mining
towns and was then sent to Dlo Lewis gymn-
astic school near Boston, where outside OF the
hours of exercise he had nothing to do but
study the universal Yankee as he exists in
New England. After preparing for college,
entering and remaining few terms he
abandoned the classics and spent sew
eral years in business pursuits, which
took him into adjoining states and
threw him among people of every imaginable
sort His journalistic experience III Phlladel-
phia embraced every duty which newspaper
worker can be called on to perform, and led
him into all grades of society, from the Ire
uuenters of the lowest dives and denizens OF
the most revolving slums to the visiting
wearers of coronets and their cultured
American hosts His reportorial duties for
tunately happened to extend over the Centen-
NAL year. and, being at the Exposition daily,
he acquired a familiarity with national traits
and customs only possible to the carefully OBJ
serving traveller. 1t will be seen therefore,
that The Omaha World man has not achieved
popularity at bound. He has labOred as
only journalists can or will labor at his
chosen profession, and his bright sallies are
but the glintings of sunshiny drollery along
the rough but diversified hedges of wide ex-
perience.
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a" are "byes," ~" being the home ''bye"
and the termination Of the runners journey
around what was then the square, and not
the diamond.
The pitcher-he was usually called the
"bowlder," a relict Of cricket nomenclature
stood at B and the catcher stood at G. There
were no regular outfielders, and the game
could be played by six boys-three ON a side.
But while half dozen could play the game,
half dozen rarely did, and the number was
often twenty or more. In such case the
field was covered by the superfiuous players
as they chose.
And now for the rules and workings of the
game. The two best players were selected to
choose sides," and they sometimes decided
who should have first choice of players by
tossing up a stone, upon which one OF
them had solemnly spat. One called out
"wet" and the other "dry;;" the falling of the
stone decided the matter But the more COM
mon method was for one of the two "cboosers'
to toss a ball club into the air; the other
would catch it and then there was a superlm-
posing of grasped hands. This method was
called Choosing up," and the one who held
the club last had first choice. But he had to
have firm grip, and it was decided whether
he had a fair hold by his ability to toss it
over his head. If he had hold by but one fin
ger he often failed. Sometimes this impor-
tant matter was settled by driving down.
Ii the grasp on the club was less than a full
hand mo allusion to the great game of poker
intende,D, it was not enough. The accom-
panying cut will best explain this.
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The parlor is a very ordinary kind OF
room l31% u feet 1t is connected with
the hall by wide sliding doors, so that about
one half this side of the room is open, or may
be so. The CRATE opposite the sliding doors
in the parlor would present very beautiful
view from the hall and stairway. The sliding
doors between the parlor and dining room
are placed there more in Difference to custom
than through any personal sense OF their tit
ness Sliding doors do not have the quality
of excluding sound that is desirable. The
ordinary hinge door is better in that respect.
This room which we call parlor would
really be used as a living room excepting by
those who use the dining room or one OF the
second floor chambers for that purpose. 1t
may be said that those who would do this
would hardly be living up to their oppor-
tunities
Our dining room has an Independent con-
nection with the front hall, so that we do not
have to go through the parlor or sitting room
to reach it. A little extra money, say $50,
would place very nice conservatory at one
side, at one corner or at the end OF this din
ing room. Fifty dollars would give bay
window. As it is, we have two windows OF
the ordinary kind at one side of this room
and none at the end A very good arrange
ment would be to take one of the windows at
the side and place it at the rear end, though
near the outside corner of the room. This
would give space between the windows and
the china closet door for a sideboard. The
window at the side of the dining room, if the
other were moved to the end, should be i'll
the middle Of the wall space-that is, opposite
the center of the fiue. This dining room
should have a hard wood floor, say oak or
narrow strips Then there could be rug
under the table and the finished floor around
it. An arrangement of this kind is not only
a saving in expense, in that one does not have
SO much carpet to buy, but it also makes
very beautiful room, and is cleanly.
From the dining room we go into the
kitchen through the china pantry, which is
marked passage" This china pantry has
little window at one side and at the end
separate apartment for chinaware which IS
closed from the passage by means OF glass
doors The doors leading from the passage
into the dining room and kitchen should be
hung on double swinging hinges, so that they
will open both ways and always stand closed
when not in use or held securely open by
means of special appliances By the use of
such doors there is little difficulty in keeping
the odors of the kitchen from the dining
room and other parts of the house The sub
ject of pantries and china closets is large
one and cannot be considered III detail at this
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Helena, Montana, Thursday, April 14 1887

Of the ice man. By opening the door he can
place the ice in the refrigerator without COM
ing through the kitchen. With some OF the
refrigerators the hinges on the cover have to
be changed from the back to the side. A
great deal more might be said in house
keeping way about this kitchen, which, with
properly arranged sink and tables, could be
made very convenient. 1t may be well to
state that the stove is placed between the cellar
door and the door leading into the front dim
ing room passage. The wall space next to the
f1ue is used for the sink, in order to keep the
pipes from freezing.
The stairway to the upper floor has been
fully described. When we arrive at the up
per landing we find short hall with only suf-
ficient wall space to contain doors to enter the
various rooms, thus avoiding all waste space,
which means so much in housekeeping.
Leading out of this hall is store closet for
bedding, etc. 1t is located so as to be accessi-
BILE from all rooms. From the front end OF
the hall door leads into the stair passage to
the attic. LOUIS H. GIBSON.
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wears ago. when the great

be esteemed by his WILLIAM 7. COLEMAN.
neighbors gentle photo by Taber, San Fran
man. By the way, clsco'I
numerous other members of the Coleman
family in Harrison became legislators,
and all were accounted honorable men.
n. B. Coleman was likewise lawyer of
prominence, having an office in Cynthiana.
His remains were placed in the neat little
cemetery near that place. 1t is the son of this
gentleman who is suggested for the presi-
dency."
William I. Coleman was a pioneer on the
Pacific coast, buying $4,000 acres, including
the site of San Rafael, the capital of Marin
county, which city was mainly built
by him afterward He planted 100000
shade trees on the drives and boule-
wards of San Rafael, and this place is
now a pleasant resort for those who desire a
warm retreat and change from the cool and
constant winds of San Francisco. Mr.. Cole
man has large and controlling interests in the
salmon canning establishments of the Pacific
coast, besides which he has valuable gold
mining stocks, an interest in one of the few
borax mines in the United Stares and mer-
camille houses in San Francisc :, Chicago,
New York and London. His success in man.
aging all these varied interests marks him as
a man of wide executive ability. He is
married man, with son, also married, in
business in San Francisco, and another son,
younger, just returned from study and travel
in Europe.
The fortune of Mr. Coleman is estimated
variously at from So, ,0O0, 900 to $40, 100000
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of dollars worth of unclaimed property ls
now i'll chancery in England and other coun'
tries waiting to be claimed by some unknown
owners.
Among the names printed in the advertise
ment as those of people entitled to vast estates
was that of Beresford. SO he visited Parker
in his office, and its elaborate furnishing, the
presence of over dozen busy clerks and the
magnificence Of Parker himself seemed PROOF
of the good character of the whole concern.
Beresford went away with worthless book,
for which he paid fifty cents, filed with
mythical names and mythical stories of men
who suddenly found themselves millionaues
through the assistance Of either Parker or
other claim agents One part of the book in
formed Mr.. Beresford that il he desired the
Christian names of the various Beresfords
who had died leaving big estates, he could
get them from the agency for 81. Parker got
the 50 next day in his mail, and sent Mr..
Beresford list of some eight names. Among
them was the name Thomas Thomas was
Mr. Beresford's fathers name and MIR. Beres'
ford, without hesitating, gave Parker 50 Oct
last, for which he was TO receive certified
COPY of a certain advertisement published
years ago calling for the heirs of Thomas
Beresford to come and get their money.
Mr.. Beresford never got the certified adver-
tisement.
In the course Of the trials that followed
live indictments had been found against
Parker-a number of persons from various
parts of the country appeared who had in
trusted money to him, as had Beresford,
without receiving any return worth
speaking Of But, though every effort pos
sble was made to convict the man who
was said to have lived SO long on the ere
dulity of others, and although it was shown
that he had been an inmate of a state prison.
he was discharged because of defect i'll
New York law. But his claim agency bust
ness has probably been permanently broken
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There are those who would say that there
should be no door from the kitchen into the
passage leading from the dining room to the
front hail. 1t would probably be well to re
tain this door in this position and have bolt
on the side of the door toward the hall. Thus
the mistress of the house could close it and
keep it closed at will. Another thing that
might be done would be to place strong
spring OH this door, which would always keep
il closed. The windows in this kitchen should
be placed about three feet from the floor. so
that tables may be placed under them. There
is a place for gas stove betweendhe two win
dows, or even under them if desirable. The
porch at the rear of the kitchen may be in
closed with lattice work, or what is better,
coarse lowered Stats like those of a shutter.
In either event they could be covered with
screen wire and made a part of the kitchen in
summer In the plan, however, nothing OF
this kind is indicated. The door which leads
from the porch into the pantry is small one,
= = ---~s s"d is for the use
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-04-14
THE MOAN OF THE BUTCHER MAN

With garb uncouth and CRIME faced marked
BY many a furrowed line;
With tear and sigh and moan he said,
My name is Christian Klein.
''I was an east side butcher, sir,
For many happy years;
A false love slaughtered my fond hopes
So pray excuse these steers!
''Oh, fckle Katy Dinklespiel!
Why for you did yearn?
Why give to you my fresh heart and
Ask skewers in return?
81 said I'd cleave my way to wealth;
She vowed she'd marry me.
Infatuated II The time
How brisket seemed to fee!
but she proved false One day she wrote
1t was no tenderline-
81 love the baker, and am
Frankfurter own it, Kleinl
81 liver lone for him, and oh!
He finds his knead in me.
] never sausage love as hisl
He suets me to I!
81 read, then cried, "She's tongue me deepl
Aviper have nursed"'
Oh, sir, of all bad cuts I've had,
That was the very wurst!
zone thought is branded in my brain
Your pity, pray, allow -
Where my poor head she fondled once, -
His headcheese pressing now"
Then paused the uncouth butcher man, 70.
And fierce his eyes did glare;
And closing tight his brawny fist,
Right furiously he sware:
"False Katy Dinklespielr' he cried,
I'll baunch ye till diel
But saddle be my lonely endr'
Pork Christian Kleinv quoth I.
The old man dried his fearful eyes,
And said, Its book beer time;
Oh, sir! oh, could you favor me
Bolognaing me dime?"
Edward Mott in New York Mercury.
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OUR BABY.

DESCRIBED BY HIS LITTLE SISTER.
Our baby is a lder rare;
He's awful cunning, :,
And well his worth pays the share
ofwork 1 him do.
Ihope he will sur0. although
He's squeezed almost to death;
1t makes him b sometimes, know,
And takes away his breath.
Our home is since there came =,
The angel from above;
He's 50 afrectionS. His name ssssi.
Is ''Tootsey Wootsey Love-" @fr1
He makes our papa look bel gre
And feel lOder joy; VA,
lpray he never will incline s.I
aBA0E boy. -
When he's awake his eyes are blue;
lift him when can;
He'll B2S0412
Lift up when he's a man.
H. C. Dodge in Goodalls Sun.
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A COMPACT HOUSE. :
ADVANTAGES OF HAVING A HALL
THAT is NEARLY SQUARE.
Less Floor Surface Is Taken Up and
Rendered of Greater Utility Than by
the Old ObIong Hall Plan-Ground and
Upper Floor Plans.

Especial Correspondence
indianapolis, March 22-Good and
economical housekeeping can be most
readily carried on in a compact house.
To say that house is compact does not
necessarily imply that it is crowded, or
that any of the conditions of comfort are lost
sight Of If we avoid waste space, such as is
so frequently assigned to large halls and pas
sages we merely take away something that
is not needed, is not wanted. The house ar
ranged with a long, narrow hall, having the
stairway at the side, is essentially wasteful of
room. Such hall space is usually dark and
gloomy as well as crowded A hall 8 feet
wide and 20 feet long contains 16O square
feet of floor surface, though only limited
portion of it is available on account of the
shape of the space which remains after the
stairway is placed A hall 12x 13 feet
contains 156 square feet, but a great deal
more available room. The space not occupied
by the stairway is in better shape. 1t is pos
sible to have all bright and attractive. 1t
may have the required amount of light. A
hall of this shape partakes of the nature OF
room, and may be used as such. The front
part of the house is certainly the most valu-
able part Every one would prefer to live III
raUller Ulllll III JIt ltSa. NC use Va q
row hall in the ordinary way destroys two
good front rooms, one on the first and the
other on the second floor. A good arrange
ment to follow in the front stairway Is to
bring it up as near the center of the house as
possible, and thus avoid the use of long halls,
which add so much to the labor of houSekeep-
ing
The floor plans which are here given are of
house of small area, SO x 34lj9 feet, for the
body of the structure. There is a porch in
front. circular bay window at one side, and
a pantry and china closet projection at the
rear In the house there are eight available
rooms besides the bath room and the attic. In
the attic, rooms quite as liberal as any in the
house might be constructed at small expense
On the first floor as we enter there is the
reception or sitting hall, or sitting room,
which is so common in the more modern ar
rangements of dwellings. This reception hall
or room has a certain amount of isolation
from the passage which leads from the vesti-
bule to the stairway and the rear portion of
the house 1t may be separated therefrom by
curtains or portieres-while the passage and
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-04-14
MULLINS, THE AGNOSTlC.

AS TOLD BY DEACON SALTWATER.
His name was William Mullins, and
He had a sneerin' way
OF turnin' his proboscis up
At everything you'd say.
''Wall, now how do you know?" said he:
"Humph, now how do you know"
The way it closed an arguments
1t wasn't by no means slow.
You might be talking social like
With fellows at the store
On war and politics, and sich,
And you might have the floor
And be a gettin' things down fine
Provin' that things was so,
When Mullins would stick his long nose in
With "Humph, now how do you knowl"
seen that Critter set in church
And take q sermon in,
And turn his nose up in a sneer
At death and grace and sin.
With no regard for time and place
Or realms of endless woe,
He'd rise and burst the whole thing up
With "Humph, now how do you know?"
He cut his grass whenever it rained,
He shocked his wheat up green,
He cut his corn behind the frost,
His hogs was alluS lean.
He built his stacks the big end up,
His corn cribs big end down;
Crooked as Mullins roadside fence"
Was a proverb in our town.
The older be got the wuss he grew,
And crookeder day by day;
The squint of his eyes would wind clock.
His toes turned out each way,
His boots and shoes were both of them lefts,
The rheumatic twisted so;
But if you said he didn't look well
He'd growl, Now, how do you known"
And that darned grit led to his death
He was on the railroad track
Crossin' a bridge: l heard the train
And yelled, Mullins, come back!
The train is round the curve in sight"
Says he, 'Humph, how do you know!"
helped TO gather him up in pail
The engine scattered him So
I think it's best to have more faith
In every day concerns
And not be allus a snoopin' round
To git behind the returns.
plain statement will do for me,
a hint instead Of a blow;
A coroner's jury may fetch out facts,
But it S rather late to know.
A. T. Worden in Boston Globe.
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OLD BASEBALL.
THE GAME AS THE BOYS USED
TO PLAY 1T.

The DAYS When There Were Four "Byes"
Besides the Striker's-Putting Out Play
ers by "Stinging" Them, or Hitting
Them with the Ball.
The game of baseball as played by "pro-
fessionals" to-day and the game called base
ball by the country boys of twenty years ago
differ greatly, though there is no doubt that
the present game is the legitimate evolution OF
the older one. Perhaps the most radical
difference lies in the fact that in the
games of the past it was the players
who had the fun, and the game was played
for recreation, and rarely for consideration
other than glory and the possession of the
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est of Kentuckians,
taking Clay as an
exa III pie, W ere
farmers, one of the
best farmers in
central Kentucky
was Napoleon Bon
aparte Coleman, of
Harrison county.
He represe e nted
that county from
1928 to 1881 in the
legislature, when a
man might belong
to that body and
he esteemed by his
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the most trying de-
partments of jour
nalisn, his writ
ings S h o in 6 in
e cry lin 9 t h e
broad scope OF an
"all around news
paper man." He
served for fifteen
years on Philadel-
phia papers, begin
ming as a reporter
and ultimately be-
coming successive
ly the managing
editor of three daily
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THE CALHOUN MONUMENT.
1t Will BE Unveiled at Charleston on
the goth of April.

The 26th of April next will be day of inn
portance in Charleston, S. e., for on that date
will there be unveiled the monument to John
C. Calhoun that has been made by Mr. Albert
Z. Harmisch.
Calhoun was a great figure in the history
of South Carolina, and, indeed, his name IS
written in large characters upon the pages or
the annals of the nation. The movement to
erect the monument was set on foot in 1854,
when eleven ladies met, formed an associa-
ton for the purpose of raising funds and set
to work By the end of the year SS, 900 had
been raised and canvassers were sent out to
augment this sum. By 1860 it had been in
creased to $4,000, and the money came
from rich and poor alike. Then came the
war, and of course there was cessation OF
efforts in behalf of the fund But it was not
lost in the general wreck Of fortunes which
accompanied the struggle, and this happy re-
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There were no umpires in those days;
the ins and outs quarreled or fought
out their differences by themselves. There
were no called balls and the pitcher
"thrower" he was called-could use any style
of delivery he chose, only he couldn't send
the ball too swiftly.
'Town ball" was another form of the same
game, and there were also zone old cat"
-two old cat" and 'three old cat," "long
Dutchuan ETC.
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y
of college training.
But he was always
ahead of the rest of
the boys at school,
not only in his
books, but in all the
sports of the times.
One who knew him
then always speaks
of him as a " rip
per-" His first cleo
tion to congress
was in 1S43, to
which body he was
- H..
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HANNIBAL HAMLIN.
HOWARD OWEN WRITES ABOUT
1.-THE OLD CARTHAGlNlAN."
Sketch of the Life History of Abraham
Lincoln's First Vice-President- His
CIawhammer Coat-Contempt of Over
coats-His Sprightly, Green Old age.
ISnecial CORRESPONDENCE !

Especial Correspondence
AUGUSTA, Me-, March IA" What can you
grow here?" inquired a distinguished English
agriculturist of friend, a citizen of Maine,
as they were traversing ourrock bound coast.
ave can raise men herem was the proud
response. One of the best of Names products
is the man whose name stands at the head OF
this sketch. The Old Carthaginian, as Mr.
Hamlin is familiarly called, is passing the
evening of a gloriously green old age at his
happy home in Bangor, on the banks of the
Penobscott river.
Of the bare facts of Hannibal Hamlin's life
you have already read. He was one OF the
bows who came to the front without the aid